Sentence Basics
What is a verb?
The action in the sentence
How many subjects does a simple sentence have?
One
How many clauses does a compound sentence have?
Two or more
What type of conjunction combines the two clauses of a complex sentence?
subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS)
Taroko played an amazing game.
Simple
What is a subject?
Who or what is doing the action in the sentence
Find the verb in the simple sentence:
Mia walked to her friend's house.
walked
Find the subjects in the compound sentence:
Cody wanted to go to the show, but Lucas did not want to.
Cody and Lucas
Find the subjects in the complex sentence:
When July arrived at school on Tuesday, the bell had already rung.
July and bell.
Isa was not sure which book to read, so she chose three from the library.
Compound
What do you put before FANBOYS?
A comma
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence made of one independent clause
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence with two independent clauses with a comma and a FANBOYS
Find the subjects in the complex sentence:
I slept early after being tired from working all day.
I and slept.
Leah took a break from her phone after she saw her screen time stats.
Complex
What is an independent clause?
A clause that is a complete thought.
It can stand on its own as a complete sentence.
Find the verb in the simple sentence:
Ander unsteadily ran to the end zone.
ran
How many dependent clauses does a compound sentence have?
None
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause.
Devon, usually a stellar player, struggled through the game.
Simple
What is a dependent clause?
It does not have a complete thought.
It cannot stand on its own as an incomplete sentence.
Sometimes a simple sentence includes one or more phrases in addition to an independent clause. Name the independent clause:
Sighing dramatically, he launched into an angry tirade.
he launched into an angry tirade.
Name all the FANBOYS.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Find the subordinating conjunction in the complex sentence:
She was being different after they returned from the field trip.
after
Evan did not like math because he did not understand, but when Sam helped him, he did much better.
Compound-Complex